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title: IKeymanObject Interface
---

## Introduction

The `IKeymanObject` interface is the base interface for all interfaces
in Keyman Engine for Windows API.

## Interface Hierarchy

`IDispatch`  

> **`IKeymanObject`**  
>
> > [`IKeyman`](../IKeyman)  
> > [`IKeymanCollection`](../IKeymanCollection)  
> >
> > > [`IKeymanErrors`](../IKeymanErrors)  
> > > [`IKeymanHotkeys`](../IKeymanHotkeys)  
> > > [`IKeymanKeyboardLanguages`](../IKeymanKeyboardLanguages)  
> > >
> > > > [`IKeymanKeyboardLanguagesFile`](../IKeymanKeyboardLanguagesFile)  
> > > > [`IKeymanKeyboardLanguagesInstalled`](../IKeymanKeyboardLanguagesInstalled)  
> > > >
> > > > > [`IKeymanKeyboardLanguagesInstalled2`](../IKeymanKeyboardLanguagesInstalled2)  
> > >
> > > [`IKeymanKeyboardOptions`](../IKeymanKeyboardOptions)  
> > > [`IKeymanKeyboards`](../IKeymanKeyboards)  
> > >
> > > > [`IKeymanKeyboardsInstalled`](../IKeymanKeyboardsInstalled)  
> > > >
> > > > > [`IKeymanKeyboardsInstalled2`](../IKeymanKeyboardsInstalled2)  
> > > >
> > > > [`IKeymanPackageContentKeyboards`](../IKeymanPackageContentKeyboards)  
> > >
> > > [`IKeymanLanguages`](../IKeymanLanguages)  
> > > [`IKeymanOptions`](../IKeymanOptions)  
> > > [`IKeymanPackageContentFiles`](../IKeymanPackageContentFiles)  
> > > [`IKeymanPackageContentFonts`](../IKeymanPackageContentFonts)  
> > > [`IKeymanPackagesInstalled`](../IKeymanPackagesInstalled)  
> > >
> > > > [`IKeymanPackagesInstalled2`](../IKeymanPackagesInstalled2)  
> >
> > [`IKeymanControl`](../IKeymanControl)  
> > [`IKeymanError`](../IKeymanError)  
> > [`IKeymanHotkey`](../IKeymanHotkey)  
> > [`IKeymanKeyboard`](../IKeymanKeyboard)  
> >
> > > [`IKeymanKeyboardFile`](../IKeymanKeyboardFile)  
> > >
> > > > [`IKeymanKeyboardFile2`](../IKeymanKeyboardFile2)  
> > >
> > > [`IKeymanKeyboardInstalled`](../IKeymanKeyboardInstalled)  
> >
> > [`IKeymanKeyboardLanguage`](../IKeymanKeyboardLanguage)  
> >
> > > [`IKeymanKeyboardLanguageInstalled`](../IKeymanKeyboardLanguageInstalled)  
> > >
> > > > [`IKeymanKeyboardLanguageInstalled2`](../IKeymanKeyboardLanguageInstalled2)  
> >
> > [`IKeymanKeyboardOption`](../IKeymanKeyboardOption)  
> > [`IKeymanLanguage`](../IKeymanLanguage)  
> > [`IKeymanOption`](../IKeymanOption)  
> > [`IKeymanPackage`](../IKeymanPackage)  
> >
> > > [`IKeymanPackageFile`](../IKeymanPackageFile)  
> > >
> > > > [`IKeymanPackageFile2`](../IKeymanPackageFile2)  
> > >
> > > [`IKeymanPackageInstalled`](../IKeymanPackageInstalled)  
> >
> > [`IKeymanPackageContentFile`](../IKeymanPackageContentFile)  
> > [`IKeymanPackageContentFont`](../IKeymanPackageContentFont)  
> > [`IKeymanSystemInfo`](../IKeymanSystemInfo)  
> > [`IKeymanVisualKeyboard`](../IKeymanVisualKeyboard)  
> > [`IKeymanBCP47Canonicalization`](../IKeymanBCP47Canonicalization)  

## Methods

[`SerializeXML()`](SerializeXML)
:   Serializes the properties of the object, and owned objects as XML